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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Prosecutors in the case of an alleged plot to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta after his son's death in the Bahamas say they are ready for trial. Director of public prosecutions... View the full article
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CHICAGO -- Getting up the courage to report a sexual assault and endure a physical exam may be necessary if a victim wants to pursue criminal charges, but the process can further traumatize a victim unless... View the full article
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PRESIDIO COUNTY, Texas -- A clever smuggling scheme in Presidio County came to an abrupt end March 5 with the arrest of a Presidio man who had been using an ambulance service to transport illegal immigrants... View the full article
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St. Johns County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Alexander couldn't see the boat from land because it was blocked from sight by the tugboat that it had struck in the Intracoastal Waterway. But the cries and shrieks... View the full article
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ROME -- The region in central Italy ravaged by an earthquake more than a week ago will need at least euro12 billion (about $16 billion) for rebuilding, the country's interior minister said. As some children... View the full article
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- It was Saturday night ride-alongs with the Harlem paramedics during medical school that first piqued Kristi Koenig's interest in the way we respond to emergencies in the United States.... View the full article
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CLEVELAND -- Twenty-seven Cleveland firefighter/paramedics were called to testify before a Cuyahoga County grand jury Monday about cheating on a life-saving skills exam. City officials believe a firefighter... View the full article
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ST. CHARLES. Mo. -- Authorities on Monday were investigating whether a contaminant disrupted a routine chemical mixing process, causing an explosion Sunday night that burned one worker and rocked parts... View the full article
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CHICAGO -- Early test results for close associates of a doctor-in-training infected with tuberculosis have been negative, health authorities said Monday. About 10 close contacts of a 26-year-old female... View the full article
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SAN DIEGO ? A 43-year-old man recently arrested on suspicion of setting several arson fires repeatedly threatened paramedics for several months before the fires were set, officials said. Joseph Benenati,... View the full article
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The ambulance service started by the Pecos Benedictine Monastery in the 1960s could be shut down by June if it doesn't get a major cash transfusion. That would leave the village of Pecos and some parts... View the full article
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BANGKOK -- The political unrest that seized the Thai capital on Monday claimed its first fatality in what the government described as an evening gunbattle between protesters and city residents enraged... View the full article
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A fast-moving fire tore through a three-story building housing homeless families in northwestern Poland early Monday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 20 more, including an... View the full article
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Diabetics are increasingly risking life and limb by cutting back on - or even going without - doctor visits, insulin, medicines and blood-sugar testing as they lose income and health insurance in the recession,... View the full article
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NEW YORK -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it.... View the full article
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MENA, Ark. -- Authorities began a house-to-house search Friday for possible victims of tornado that struck a "direct hit" on this mountain community, killing at least three people, injuring at least 30... View the full article
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MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- Firefighters mopped up hot spots Friday from wind-driven wildfires that injured at least 34 people in western and central Oklahoma and destroyed more than 100 homes. Fires across... View the full article
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L'AQUILA, Italy -- This quake ravaged medieval city took a limping step toward normalcy Thursday as some shopkeepers reopened for business, three days after a deadly earthquake made the historic center... View the full article
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TEMECULA, Calif. -- Everyone at the quiet Korean religious retreat knew John Chong as the intensely private handyman and welder who worked virtually nonstop and seemed cordial, if at times distant. They... View the full article
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MIAMISBURG, Ohio -- The Montgomery County Sheriff called for action Tuesday after a Miamisburg fire revealed serious issues with Cricket Wireless cell phone service. Authorities said the fire victim,... View the full article
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CORDOVA, Tenn. -- It was as if lightning had struck the baseball player in the chest and shorted his heart's electrical circuit, medical staff say. Instead, a catcher throwing a ball to third base last... View the full article
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TEMECULA, Calif. -- A gunman opened fire at a Korean Christian retreat center, leaving one woman dead and four people injured, authorities said. The gunman, described as an Asian man in his 70s, was among... View the full article
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ATLANTA -- The state Legislature provided $23 million for Georgia's trauma care hospitals, less than half the money they received last year. That worries advocates who fear the cut will endanger service... View the full article
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L'AQUILA, Italy -- Aftershocks from the earthquake that has killed at least 260 people in central Italy sent new fears through the tent camps that shelter thousands of survivors, and Pope Benedict XVI... View the full article
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L'AQUILA, Italy -- Relatives of the missing watched agonized Tuesday as rescuers dug desperately by hand for survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake, jarred by a strong aftershock that drove home the... View the full article